SIGCSE 2010: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Gary Lewandowski, Steven A. Wolfman, Thomas J. Cortina, Ellen Lowenfeld Walker (Eds.): Proceedings of the 41st ACM technical symposium on Computer science education, SIGCSE 2010, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, March 10-13, 2010. ACM 2009, ISBN 978-1-4503-0006-3

Keynote address

Sally Fincher:
Useful sharing. 1

Compilers & languages

Ariel Ortiz:
Building server-side web language processors. 2-6
Katsuhiko Gondow, Naoki Fukuyasu, Yoshitaka Arahori:
MieruCompiler: integrated visualization tool with "horizontal slicing" for educational compilers. 7-11
Tyler Sondag, Kian L. Pokorny, Hridesh Rajan:
Frances: a tool for understanding code generation. 12-16

Diversity

Joseph A. Cottam, Samantha S. Foley, Suzanne Menzel:
Do roadshows work?: examining the effectiveness of just be. 17-21
Joanna Goode:
Connecting k-16 curriculum & policy: making computer science engaging, accessible, and hospitable for underrepresented students. 22-26
W. Richards Adrion, Renee Fall, Manuel Matos, Alan Peterfreund:
Integrating evaluation into program development: benefits of baselining a NSF-BPC alliance. 27-31

Computation & the sciences

Ali Erkan, Jason Hamilton, Tom Pfaff, Michael Rogers:
Use of satellite imagery in multidisciplinary projects. 32-36
Eric Andrew Freudenthal, Mary K. Roy, Alexandria Nicole Ogrey, Tanja Magoc, Alan Siegel:
MPCT: media propelled computational thinking. 37-41
Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, Dennis Brylow, Rong Ge, Praveen Madiraju, Stephen J. Merrill, Craig A. Struble, James P. Early:
Computational thinking for the sciences: a three day workshop for high school science teachers. 42-46

Curriculum design

Mehran Sahami, Alex Aiken, Julie Zelenski:
Expanding the frontiers of computer science: designing a curriculum to reflect a diverse field. 47-51
Mark D. LeBlanc, Tom Armstrong, Michael B. Gousie:
Connecting across campus. 52-56
Christine Alvarado, Zachary Dodds:
Women in CS: an evaluation of three promising practices. 57-61

Panel

Reynold Bailey, Guy-Alain Amoussou, Tiffany Barnes, Hans-Peter Bischof, Thomas L. Naps:
Relevant real-world undergraduate research problems: lessons from the nsf-reu trenches. 62-63
Valerie Barr, Chun Wai Liew, Rich Salter:
Building bridges to other departments: three strategies. 64-65

Special session

Mark Guzdial, David Ranum, Bradley Miller, Beth Simon, Barbara Ericson, Samuel A. Rebelsky, Janet Davis, Deepak Kumar, Douglas S. Blank:
Variations on a theme: role of media in motivating computing education. 66-67

Capstones & professional development

James Parrish Jr., Janet L. Bailey, Bradley K. Jensen:
Using the imagine cup SDI as the foundation for computer science capstone projects. 68-71
Josh D. Tenenberg:
Industry fellows: bringing professional practice into the classroom. 72-76
Joseph Mertz, Scott McElfresh:
Teaching communication, leadership, and the social context of computing via a consulting course. 77-81

Upper-level courses

Mark Christensen van Langeveld, Robert Kessler:
Digital visualization tools improve teaching 3D character modeling. 82-86
Frank McCown:
Teaching web information retrieval to undergraduates. 87-91
Joel Coffman, Alfred C. Weaver:
Electronic commerce virtual laboratory. 92-96

Concept inventories

Allison Elliott Tew, Mark Guzdial:
Developing a validated assessment of fundamental CS1 concepts. 97-101
Geoffrey L. Herman, Michael C. Loui, Craig B. Zilles:
Creating the digital logic concept inventory. 102-106
Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk, Elizabeth R. Petrick, J. Philip East, Geoffrey L. Herman:
Identifying student misconceptions of programming. 107-111

Spamming, hacking, & social networks: themes for educating the next generation

Tarsem S. Purewal Jr.:
Social networking: the new computer fluency? 112-116
Joel Sommers:
Educating the next generation of spammers. 117-121
Sergey Bratus, Anna Shubina, Michael E. Locasto:
Teaching the principles of the hacker curriculum to undergraduates. 122-126

Panel

John Barr, Steve Cooper, Michael Goldweber, Henry Walker:
What everyone needs to know about computation. 127-128

Special session

Scott Grissom, Joan Peckham, Harriet G. Taylor, Guy-Alain Amoussou, Victor Piotrowski:
Understanding NSF funding opportunities. 129-130
Billy L. Lim, Bryan Hosack, Paul Vogt:
A web service-oriented approach to teaching CS/IS1. 131-132

Networks & security

Jianping Pan:
Teaching computer networks in a real network: the technical perspectives. 133-137
Niakam Kazemi, Shiva Azadegan:
IPsecLite: a tool for teaching security concepts. 138-142
Dave Feinberg:
Teaching simplified network protocols. 143-147

Course design

Norman Neff:
Problem-directed discrete structures course. 148-151
David J. Malan:
Reinventing CS50. 152-156
Marie desJardins, Michael L. Littman:
Broadening student enthusiasm for computer science with a great insights course. 157-161

Coaching & mentoring

Ray Bareiss, Martin Radley:
Coaching via cognitive apprenticeship. 162-166
Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, E. Nathan Thomas, Audrey S. Rorrer, Deonte Cooper, Mladen A. Vouk:
Increasing technical excellence, leadership and commitment of computing students through identity-based mentoring. 167-171
R. Brook Osborne, Antony J. Thomas, Jeffrey R. N. Forbes:
Teaching with robots: a service-learning approach to mentor training. 172-176

Tools

Daniel D. Garcia, Gene Zhang, Sean Carr, Sameer Iyengar, Hava Edelstein, Albert Liu:
The Weiner lecture archives: an ontology-driven interface for viewing synchronized lectures and notes. 177-181
Christopher D. Hundhausen, Anukrati Agrawal, Kyle Ryan:
The design of an online environment to support pedagogical code reviews. 182-186
Rafael del Vado Vírseda:
A visualization tool for tutoring the interactive learning of data structures and algorithmic schemes. 187-191

Panel

Sally Fincher, Stephen Cooper, Michael Kölling, John Maloney:
Comparing alice, greenfoot & scratch. 192-193
Joel C. Adams, Daniel J. Ernst, Thomas Murphy, Ariel Ortiz:
Multicore education: pieces of the parallel puzzle. 194-195

Special session

David G. Kay, Kim B. Bruce, Michael J. Clancy, Nell B. Dale, Mark Guzdial, Eric Roberts:
Recognizing the most influential CS education papers. 196-197

Keynote address

Carl E. Wieman:
Science education for the 21st century: using the insights of science to teach/learn science. 198

Philosophy

Matthew Hertz:
What do "CS1" and "CS2" mean?: investigating differences in the early courses. 199-203
Arno Pasternak, Jan Vahrenhold:
Braided teaching in secondary CS education: contexts, continuity, and the role of programming. 204-208
Alan Garvey:
Writing in an upper-level CS course. 209-213

Concurrency

Suzanne Rivoire:
A breadth-first course in multicore and manycore programming. 214-218
Mathias Ricken, Robert Cartwright:
Test-first Java concurrency for the classroom. 219-223
Kim B. Bruce, Andrea Pohoreckyj Danyluk, Thomas P. Murtagh:
Introducing concurrency in CS 1. 224-228

Middle school issues

Youwen Ouyang, Katherine Hayden:
A technology infused science summer camp to prepare student leaders in 8th grade classrooms. 229-233
Gabriela Marcu, Samuel J. Kaufman, Jaihee Kate Lee, Rebecca W. Black, Paul Dourish, Gillian R. Hayes, Debra J. Richardson:
Design and evaluation of a computer science and engineering course for middle school girls. 234-238
Ursula Wolz, Meredith Stone, Sarah Monisha Pulimood, Kim Pearson:
Computational thinking via interactive journalism in middle school. 239-243

Pairs & partners

Joshua Sennett, Mark Sherriff:
Compatibility of partnered students in computer science education. 244-248
Grant Braught, John MacCormick, Tim Wahls:
The benefits of pairing by ability. 249-253
Mindy L. Hart:
Making contact with the forgotten k-12 influence: are you smarter than your 5th grader? 254-258

Panel

Mark Guzdial, Jane Prey, Lucy Sanders, Heikki Topi, Joseph E. Urban:
Report on the future of computing education summit. 259-260

Special session

Robert Schnabel, Susan H. Rodger, Mark Stehlik, Chris Stephenson, John White:
Surfacing computer science in STEM education. 261-262
Daniel D. Garcia, Colleen M. Lewis, John P. Dougherty, Matthew C. Jadud:
If ____________, you might be a computational thinker! 263-264

Games

Alexander Repenning, David C. Webb, Andri Ioannidou:
Scalable game design and the development of a checklist for getting computational thinking into public schools. 265-269
Cinnamon Hillyard, Robin Lynn Angotti, Michael Panitz, Kelvin Sung, John Nordlinger, David Goldstein:
Game-themed programming assignments for faculty: a case study. 270-274
Michael Hewner, Mark Guzdial:
What game developers look for in a new graduate: interviews and surveys at one game company. 275-279

Parallel computing

Robert A. Chesebrough, Ivan Turner:
Parallel computing: at the interface of high school and industry. 280-284
Barry L. Kurtz, Rahman Tashakkori, John J. Helfert, Michael Sage:
Using microlabs to teach modern distributed computing. 285-289
Shane Torbert, Uzi Vishkin, Ron Tzur, David J. Ellison:
Is teaching parallel algorithmic thinking to high school students possible?: one teacher's experience. 290-294

CS education research I

Michael Stepp, Beth Simon:
Introductory computing students' conceptions of illegal student-student collaboration. 295-299
Lynda Thomas, Carol Zander, Anna Eckerdal:
Harnessing surprise: tales from students' transformational biographies. 300-304
Sue Fitzgerald, Brian Hanks, Renée McCauley:
Collaborative research in computer science education: a case study. 305-309

K-12 instruction

Seok-Ju Chun, Jungwoo Ryoo:
Development and application of a web-based programming learning system with LED display kits. 310-314
Tom Lauwers, Emily Hamner, Illah R. Nourbakhsh:
A strategy for collaborative outreach: lessons from the CSbots project. 315-319
Stephen Cooper, Wanda Dann, John Harrison:
A k-12 college partnership. 320-324

Panel

Ellen Spertus, Mark L. Chang, Paul Gestwicki, David Wolber:
Novel approaches to CS 0 with app inventor for android. 325-326
Youwen Ouyang, Ursula Wolz, Susan H. Rodger:
Effective delivery of computing curriculum in middle school: challenges and solutions. 327-328

Special session

Owen L. Astrachan, Kathleen Haynie, Chris Stephenson, Lien Diaz, Amy Briggs:
Re-imagining the first year of computing. 329-330

Peers

Scott A. Turner, Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones, Stephen H. Edwards, Joseph Chase:
Peer review in CS2: conceptual learning. 331-335
Benjamin Yu, George Tsiknis, Meghan Allen:
Turning exams into a learning experience. 336-340
Beth Simon, Michael Kohanfars, Jeff Lee, Karen Tamayo, Quintin I. Cutts:
Experience report: peer instruction in introductory computing. 341-345

Scratch

Colleen M. Lewis:
How programming environment shapes perception, learning and goals: logo vs. scratch. 346-350
Alex Ruthmann, Jesse M. Heines, Gena R. Greher, Paul Laidler, Charles Saulters II:
Teaching computational thinking through musical live coding in scratch. 351-355
Joel C. Adams:
Scratching middle schoolers' creative itch. 356-360

Computer organization

Dino Schweitzer, Jeff Boleng:
A simple machine simulator for teaching stack frames. 361-365
Stan J. Thomas, Paul M. Whitener:
In the zone: virtual computing on a budget. 366-370
J. Stanley Warford, Chris Dimpfl:
The pep/8 memory tracer: visualizing activation records on the run-time stack. 371-375

Teaching gems

Aaron M. Tenenbaum, Gerald Weiss, David M. Arnow:
Monetary values: double trouble or dollars and sense? 376-380
Darrah Chavey:
Double sorting: testing their sorting skills. 381-384
David Ginat:
The baffling CS notions of "as-if" and "don't-care". 385-389

Panel

Vicki H. Allan, Valerie Barr, Dennis Brylow, Susanne E. Hambrusch:
Computational thinking in high school courses. 390-391
Doug Baldwin, Bill Marion, Murali Sitaraman, Cinda Heeren:
Some developments in mathematical thinking for computer science education since computing curricula 2001. 392-393
Daniel D. Garcia, Gail Chapman, Orit Hazzan, Maggie Johnson, Leigh Ann Sudol:
Rediscovering the passion, beauty, joy, and awe: making computing fun again, part 3. 394-395

Global perspectives

Ming Zhang, Virginia Mary Lo:
Undergraduate computer science education in China. 396-400
Noa Ragonis, Orit Hazzan, Judith Gal-Ezer:
A survey of computer science teacher preparation programs in Israel tells us: computer science deserves a designated high school teacher preparation! 401-405
Adnan H. Yahya:
The inteaction between high school curriculum and first year college courses: the case of computing. 406-410
Sarah A. Douglas, Arthur M. Farley, Ginnie Lo, Andrzej Proskurowski, Michal Young:
Internationalization of computer science education. 411-415

CS education research II

Jennifer Parham, Leo J. Gugerty, D. E. Stevenson:
Empirical evidence for the existence and uses of metacognition in computer science problem solving. 416-420
Paul Denny, Brian Hanks, Beth Simon:
Peerwise: replication study of a student-collaborative self-testing web service in a u.s. setting. 421-425
Timothy T. Yuen, Min Liu:
How interactive multimedia authoring transforms object-oriented thinking. 426-430
Quintin I. Cutts, Emily Cutts, Stephen Draper, Patrick O'Donnell, Peter Saffrey:
Manipulating mindset to positively influence introductory programming performance. 431-435

Assessment

Leigh Ann Sudol, Cassandra Studer:
Analyzing test items: using item response theory to validate assessments. 436-440
Alex Gerdes, Johan Jeuring, Bastiaan Heeren:
Using strategies for assessment of programming exercises. 441-445
Daniel Heersink, Barbara M. Moskal:
Measuring high school students' attitudes toward computing. 446-450
Legand L. Burge III, Ronald J. Leach:
An advanced assessment tool and process. 451-454

Supporting student learning

James B. Fenwick Jr., Cindy Norris, Andrew R. Dalton, William C. Kreahling:
24/7 lectures as an exam review technique. 455-459
Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, William Lahti, Robert Phillips, Michael D. Wallis, Mladen A. Vouk, James C. Lester:
Principles of asking effective questions during student problem solving. 460-464
Ketrina Yim, Daniel D. Garcia, Sally Ahn:
Computer science illustrated: engaging visual aids for computer science education. 465-469
Martin C. Carlisle:
Using You Tube to enhance student class preparation in an introductory Java course. 470-474

Special session

Clifford A. Shaffer, Thomas L. Naps, Susan H. Rodger, Stephen H. Edwards:
Building an online educational community for algorithm visualization. 475-476
Karen Donathan, Paul Tymann:
The development and use of scoring rubrics: (or how to grade thousands of exams without losing your mind). 477
Nick Parlante, Julie Zelenski, Zachary Dodds, Wynn Vonnegut, David J. Malan, Thomas P. Murtagh, Todd W. Neller, Mark Sherriff, Daniel Zingaro:
Nifty assignments. 478-479

Operating systems

Oren Laadan, Jason Nieh, Nicolas Viennot:
Teaching operating systems using virtual appliances and distributed version control. 480-484
Rob Hess, Paul Paulson:
Linux kernel projects for an undergraduate operating systems course. 485-489
Alexander Schmidt, Andreas Polze, Dave Probert:
Teaching operating systems: windows kernel projects. 490-494

Active learning

Ana Paula Ambrosio, Fábio M. Costa:
Evaluating the impact of PBL and tablet PCs in an algorithms and computer programming course. 495-499
Christopher D. Hundhausen, Anukrati Agrawal, Dana Fairbrother, Michael Trevisan:
Does studio-based instruction work in CS 1?: an empirical comparison with a traditional approach. 500-504
T. Dean Hendrix, Lakshman Myneni, N. Hari Narayanan, Margaret Ross:
Implementing studio-based learning in CS2. 505-509

Programming language issues

James T. Streib, Takako Soma:
Using contour diagrams and JIVE to illustrate object-oriented semantics in the Java programming language. 510-514
Paolo A. G. Sivilotti, Matthew Lang:
Interfaces first (and foremost) with Java. 515-519
Richard J. Enbody, William F. Punch:
Performance of python CS1 students in mid-level non-python CS courses. 520-523

Computing for the social good

Yu Cai:
Integrating sustainability into undergraduate computing education. 524-528
Richard J. Anderson, Ruth E. Anderson, Gaetano Borriello, Joyojeet Pal:
An approach to integrating ICTD projects into an undergraduate curriculum. 529-533
Archana Chidanandan, Lori Russell-Dag, Cary Laxer, Reyyan Ayfer:
In their words: student feedback on an international project collaboration. 534-538

CS-1 issues

Amruth N. Kumar:
Closed labs in computer science I revisited in the context of online testing. 539-543
Lijun Ni, Tom McKlin, Mark Guzdial:
How do computing faculty adopt curriculum innovations?: the story from instructors. 544-548
Daniel L. Schuster:
CS1, arcade games and the free Java book. 549-553

Panel

J. McGrath Cohoon, Leisa D. Thompson, Jennifer J. Goodall, Rebecca L. Dohrman, Elizabeth Litzler:
Consultants on systemic reform for gender balance. 554-555

Special session

Guy-Alain Amoussou, Myles Boylan, Joan Peckham:
Interdisciplinary computing education for the challenges of the future. 556-557
Jonas Boustedt, Robert McCartney, Josh D. Tenenberg, Edward F. Gehringer, Raymond Lister, David R. Musicant:
It seemed like a good idea at the time. 558-559

Keynote address

Michael Wrinn:
Suddenly, all computing is parallel: seizing opportunity amid the clamor. 560

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